Most important Minimum
Hello SAE, I doubt that your 'friend of a friend' had zero PIC turbine time. The Minimum is still 1000 PIC turbine the last I heard.
If you are lucky enough to get hired by JetBlue you will be working with for the most part [~98%] with great guys and gals who are dedicated, hardworking, fun-loving and sincerely caring people. We are all proud to be working for and with one of the best if not the best management team and pilot workforce in the industry. We are also proud to give a little extra on every flight to keep our company growing and profitable.
So the most important minimum is to have very thick skin to put up with the many a$$Holes who post on any thread that has 'JetBlue' in the tittle. These sorry people post with sick pleasure by bashing JetBlue for the very reasons that we are sucessful. Dedicated, hardworking cockpit crews are not 'above' helping the cabin crew straighten up the seat belts and prepare the cabin for the next planefull of customers.
I personally load the flight plan, finish the cockpit work, ocasionallly do the walkaround and then make a last walk through the cabin and pick up the few napkins, water bottles and headset wrappers that the crew and vacuum sweeper missed. We have many new customers on every flight, and we only get one chance to make a good first impression.
I can't imagine JetBlue being as sucessfull as it is if it had hired a bunch of lazy, 'entitled', overbearing, selfcentered pilots who are above helping the inflight crew, gate agents and professional cleaners [yes we have them too] get the plane ready for the next leg.
I wish you luck with your application and career
